Hardly any objection from patients against medical information feedback among healthcare workers in the acute care

OBJECTIVE: Feedback of patients' medical information among healthcare workers within the acute care could improve the quality of care during an Emergency Department (ED) visit. However, in practice, feedback among healthcare workers leads to juridical discussions. Therefore, this study explores whether ED patients agree with medical information feedback among healthcare workers in the acute care, such as the ambulance staff and ED physicians, and whether this was different from permission for feedback to the general practitioner.

METHOD: Multicenter cross-sectional study in three EDs in the Netherlands. Patients ≥18 years old, presented per ambulance between May 3rd and June 12th 2021, filled in a questionnaire asking whether they agree with medical information feedback to ambulance staff and reviewing medical files for follow-up by ED physicians.

RESULTS: A total of 369 patients were included with a mean age of 68 years (SD 18). In total, 98,9% of patients agreed with medical information feedback to ambulance staff, which was not significantly different from the 99,2% of patients who agreed with feedback to the general practitioner (p=1.00).

CONCLUSION: All but a few ED patients agreed with medical information exchange to ambulance personnel and follow-up by ED-physicians. During ED-visits, medical information feedback to the general practitioner is a standard procedure, with the possibility of an opt-out. In our opinion, feedback and exchange of medical information within the acute care should be arranged similarly.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2022 Feb 2;166:. - PMID 35138758

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:166

Enthalten in:

Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde - 166(2022) vom: 02. Feb.

Sprache:

Niederländisch

Weiterer Titel:

Nauwelijks bezwaar van SEH-patiënten tegen terugkoppeling medische gegevens

Beteiligte Personen:

Candel, Bart G J [VerfasserIn]
Karsonopoero, Celine A M [VerfasserIn]
Arpots, Roeland [VerfasserIn]
Mans, Stacey [VerfasserIn]
Morsink, Marlies E B [VerfasserIn]
Duijst, Wilma L J M [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Journal Article
Multicenter Study

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 03.03.2022

Date Revised 03.03.2022

published: Electronic

CommentIn: Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2022 Feb 2;166:. - PMID 35138758

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM336710402